Toy pistol.



R. S. AVELSGARD.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-10,1915.

1,179,887, Patented Apr. 18,1916.

Ma /,9; .5. Amman/a0 RICHARD S. AVELSGARD, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed November 10, 1915 Serial No. 60,758.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD S. AvELs- GARD, citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the-following is a specification.

The object of my invention is .to provide a toy pistol of the magazine type in which articles, such as peas or other round objects of comparatively uniform size, can be placed and discharged for a considerable distance very rapidly and with reasonable accuracy.

A further object is to provide a toy pistol composed of but very few parts and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a sectional view of the pistol embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is an outside view with the wall of the pistol broken away, showing the manner of feeding the peas or other articles to be discharged from the magazine into the barrel, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken on line 44 of Fig. 1, illustrating the preferred construction of the device.

In practice, I prefer to press or stamp this device out of one piece of sheet metal, forming plates 2 and 3, suitably fashioned to conform to the desired shape and having corrugations formed therein which, when bent in opposing relation, form a cylindrical magazine 4 and a barrel 5. One end of the magazine is permanently closed by a plug 6 and at the other end is a suitable stopper 7 which may be removed to insert the peas or other objects into the magazine. Near the plug 6 a port 8 is provided, leading from the magazine into the barrel 5. In the grip or handl portion 9 of the pistol, a spring 10 is secured at 11 and 12 between the walls of the handle and projects upwardly therefrom and is provided with an offset 13 and an upper end 14 that is slidable in a gap 15 formed in the bottom of the barrel. This upper end 14 is adapted to be pushed back to a point in the rear of the port 8 to allow one of the peas or other object in the barrel to drop down in front of the projector. A trigger 16 is centrally pivoted at 17 and adapted to revolve and is provided with a series of curved arms 18 mounted to engage the projection 13 to push the spring backwardly and put it under tension. The normal position of the spring is shown 1n Fig. 1'. The person desiring to discharge the device will press the finger on one of the arms 18 and the revolution of the trigger will force the spring 10 backwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 2, where it Wlll remain until continued revolution of the trigger will disengage one of its arms from th spring and allow the spring to fly forward and discharge the projectile.

The spring may be made of any suitable strength to impart the desired velocity to the projectile. The form of the trigger may be varied and the arms thereon may be lengthened so that the spring will be moved a greater distance and put under greater tension.

The end 14 of the projectile spring has an extension 19 which projects backwardly in the barrel under the port 8 and when the spring is released to discharge a pea or other projectile from the barrel, the extension 19 will slide along beneath the port and prevent the passage of the next pea from the magazine into the barrel duringthe discharging operation. When the spring is pushed back and put under tension again, the port 8 will be exposed-and another projectile may drop down by gravity from the magazine into the barrel. The plates composing the device are bent face to face when the parts are assembled and secured together by rivets 20 or other suitable means.

In various ways the details of construction herein shown and described may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention: v

1. A, toy pistol havin a barrel and a magazine abov the barre and a port in the rear portion of the wall separating the barrel and magazine, a projectile spring having an upwardly extending portion terminating in a rearwardly projecting part within said barrel and normally closing the port between said magazine and barrel, means for retracting said spring to put it under tension and temporarily expose said port to allow a projectile to drop by gravity from the magazine into said barrel, further movement of said means releasing said projectile spring.

2. A toy pistol having a magazine and barrel, a projectile spring composed of wire secured at one end within said pistol and having an opposite end to move back and forth in said barrel and engage and project the objects delivered to said barrel from said magazine, the intermediate portion of said 5 wire having a forwardly projecting loop forming an offset portion therein, and a revolving trigger device mounted to engage said offset and put said spring under tenslon during 1ts 1n1t1al movement and release said spring during its subsequentmovement. 10

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of November, 1915.

RICHARD S. AVELSGARD. 

